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Wahoo vs Woohoo - What's the difference?

wahoo | woohoo |

As nouns the difference between wahoo and woohoo

is that wahoo is species: Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish while woohoo is the sailfish.

As a proper noun Wahoo

is a ghost town in California.

As an interjection woohoo is

Used to express sudden or exuberant joy, happiness, excitement, approval or delight.

wahoo

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • , a tropical and subtropical game fish.
    • Hypernyms
    * Scombridae
    Coordinate terms
    * mackerel * tuna * bonito
    See also
    * (wikipedia "wahoo") * (Acanthocybium solandri) * (Acantocybium solandri)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *uhawhu .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Southern US) The .

    • Etymology 3

    From a (etyl) word, the first element of which is cognate to (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , a burning bush.

    • woohoo

    English

    Alternative Forms

    * woo hoo

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
    • Woohoo! It's summer again!

    Synonyms

    * (expressing joy) hooray, yay, yahoo, yippee

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) The sailfish.
    • (Webster 1913)